As part of a 5-city summer concert series tour, Be Greater Than AIDS: Get Yourself Tested was at Spring Fest in Miami (5/28), Jamboree in Chicago (6/4), Summer Jam in New York (6/5), Birthday Bash in Atlanta (6/18) and Powerhouse in Los Angeles (6/25). Co-produced with Emmis Communications, Radio One and MTV with support from Gilead Sciences, on-stage call outs, giveaways and other promotions encourage concert goers to get tested and informed about HIV and other STDs. On air promotions, including DJ call outs and targeted public service ads, lead up to the concerts to reach even more listeners. 


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Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, is partnering with Greater Than AIDS to get out information and provide HIV-related services, including free testing, at select locations. In-store signage and other materials, including a special 8-page guide co-produced with EBONY, provide customers at more than 300 Walgreens pharmacies in heavily affected communities with information about HIV/AIDS. The EBONY guide, which includes tips for talking with partners and health care providers about testing, also is being distributed as an insert in more than 1.6 million copies of the July issue of the magazine. Additionally, free HIV testing events will be offered at select Walgreens stores between June 22-24 in Chicago, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Georgia, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Oakland and San Francisco. The testing events are coordinated with the CDC’s “Act Against AIDS” initiative, state and local health departments and AIDS service organizations. Orasure donated test kits to multiple locations.


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“Their faces look like my face.” Academy Award winning actress and comedian Mo’Nique hosts a special half-hour radio show on HIV/AIDS, co-produced by Greater Than AIDS and Clear Channel Communications. The program focuses on the “Deciding Moments” that shape how we think and act in the face of this disease. Clear Channel radio stations across the nation will air the show in June as part of an ongoing partnership with Greater Than AIDS that includes targeted public service messages and online promotions.   


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Film festivals, pride parades, beach parties and cycling events are showing their PRIDE and partnering with Greater Than AIDS to get out information about HIV/AIDS to LGBT communities this summer. 

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MY DECIDING MOMENT... Attendees at the National Association of Black Journalists annual conference on health disparities shared their Deciding Moments.  Check out what inspired them to get involved, and add your own voice by sharing your Deciding Moment. Tweet

[YOU]>AIDS Visit the all-new Greater Than AIDS Online Catalog to order FREE campaign materials, including EBONY/WALGREENS info guides and a video timeline called “AIDS at 30: The U.S. Epidemic” to help get out the word about HIV in your community. Many items can be co-branded or customized, making it even easier to join the Greater Than AIDS movement.  And, tell us about your events at comments@greaterthan.org. Tweet

TALKING>SILENCE Greater Than AIDS founding partner Phill Wilson will be on the Russ Parr and Rickey Smiley Morning Shows this month to get out the word about HIV testing as part of the Be Greater Than AIDS:  Get Yourself Tested month-long promotion.

viewers of Glee’s “Born This Way” episode on FOX saw Teresa’s powerful Deciding Moment PSA! FOX also aired Deciding Moments ads during American Idol, Bones, and more. Tweet